[SOLVED] adding hotkey to turn off screen

[kevin987]

Hello,

I'm using Linux Mint 19.3 and 20.1 both with Cinnamon desktop.

Under Power Management I have it set to turn off the screen when inactive for 5 minutes.

I would like to add a hotkey to do this manually.

The only thing I can find is using Crtl + Alt + L to blank the screen, but that is Screen Lock, and I'd rather just simply turn the screen off without locking the screen.

[Moonstone Man]

The only thing I can find is using Crtl + Alt + L to blank the screen, but that is Screen Lock, and I'd rather just simply turn the screen off without locking the screen.

In System Settings > Keyboard, you can create custom shortcuts, and you can create shortcuts to scripts.

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#! /bin/bash
sleep 2 ; xset dpms force off

Create a script with the above code, make the script executable then create your preferred shortcut to the script.

[kevin987]

Thanks for your response. I had never created a script, but was able to use online resources to figure it out.

I can now use Super key + s to tell the monitor to go to sleep.